Romantic Poets, Critics, and Other Madmen

by Charles Rosen

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Few can match Charles Rosen's cultivation and discernment, whether as pianist, music historian, or critic. Here he gives us a performance of literary criticism as high art, a critical conjuring of the Romantic period by way of some of its central texts.

"What is the real business of the critic?" Rosen asks of George Bernard Shaw in one of his essays. It is a question he answers throughout this collection as he demonstrates and analyzes various...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674002024

ISBN13:9780674002029

Release Date:April 2000

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.81 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

American Literature Arts, Music & Photography Classics Criticism & Theory European Gothic & Romantic History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Movements & Periods Music Musical Genres Performing Arts World Literature

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